Writing: Anatomy of a Chapter

Writing: Anatomy of a Chapter

When you’re writing your first novel, it’s sometimes hard to gauge the length of each chapter. Today’s tips aim to help you write better chapters. Writing Tip for Today:  What should your novel’s chapters look like? Chapter Structure Although chapters may vary in length, efficient chapters are smaller versions of your overall story structure. Each […]

Writing Fiction: Chapter Lengths

How Long Should Chapters Be? Working with a terrific young writer, the topic of chapter length has been on my mind. When you write a novel how long should your chapters be? Writing Tip for Today: Let’s examine fiction chapter lengths and what those lengths mean to readers. Same or Different? Take a look at […]

Writing by the Numbers

Writing by the Numbers

Calculating Story Lengths When you draft a novel, you just write, right? Sure, but at some point, you’ll need to adjust for overall and chapter length. A writer asks, “How long should my novel be and how do I write it to match a word count?” Writing Tip for Today: Many different methods exist, but […]